“I bet they REEEELY had to twist Hussein’s arm to get him to give taxpayer dollars to the brothers!”
Actually, the Feds settled this case around ten years ago after it was shown that the government favored equally qualified white farmers in their lending practices.
So yes, now we must pay-up, or perhaps you advocate a system where white farmers are given preferential treatment than black farmers.
This new settlement is pigford #2. More money to be paid out
Money was already paid out under pigford #1
There is a lot of scamming going on along with some honest claims http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=pigford+scam&sourceid=navclient-ff&rlz=1B3GGLL_enUS358US358&ie=UTF-8
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http://www.blackfarmersjustice.com/faq.htm
Frequently Asked Questions
Q. What is the Pigford case?
A. The Pigford Case, or more accurately Pigford v Veneman, was a class action lawsuit brought by Timothy Pigford, a black farmer in Eastern North Carolina. The suit alleged discrimination against black farmers. The suit ended when the United States Agriculture Department entered into a Consent Decree in which they agreed to compensate black farmers who were victims of discrimination between January 1, 1981 and December 31, 1999.
The suit was the largest Civil Rights settlement in history with nearly $1 billion being paid to over 16,000 victims.
Unfortunately, about 70,000 black farmers were denied a review of their claim based on the merits because they did not submit a complete claim package by the filing deadline.
Q. What is happening now?